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This effort, launched in 2015, aims to eliminate all traffic deaths in Seattle by 2030.
What is Seattle Vision Zero?
The bridge that caused 2 Line to be delayed and still needs to be completed
What is the Mercer Island Floating Bridge?
Who is Greg Spotts?
This spring, the UW ITE visited this bus line on it's opening day
What is the Swift Orange Line?
Olivia Rodrigo's breakout song is named after something you should probably have if you're behind the wheel
What is "Driver's License"?
The name of the machine that helped dig the tunnel that SR 99 takes underneath downtown Seattle.
What is Big Bertha?
Six years after this major freeway in Texas was expanded to 23 lanes in some areas during a project that finished in 2008, travel times were actually worse than they were before.
What is the Katy Freeway
This widely known urban planner from the mid 20th century is sometimes called the "father of urban renewal" or the "father of highways"
Who is Robert Moses?
This officer position at ITE is currently held by two people
What is Vice President?
The two characters in this song took the midnight train going anywhere
What is "Don't Stop Believin"?
Formed in 1993 to oversee the development of an inter-county transit system, this agency is now called Sound Transit
What is the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
This Bridge in Washington collapsed in 1940 due to strong winds
What is the Tacoma Narrows bridge
This person is currently serving as secretary of transportation at the federal level
Who is Pete Buttigieg?
This metro system runs completely elevated and opened fairly recently in one of our past president's home state.
What is the Skyline?
Taylor Swift knew she'd "never get far" with this vehicle, which is the name of the song it's featured in on her "Reputation Album"
What is "Getaway Car"?
When Seattle voters initially rejected the proposed light rail system in 1970, the federal transit money instead helped fund a light rail system in this city
What is Atlanta?
This stadium in Texas is set to hold nine World Cup matches in 2026, but is completely inaccessible by public transit
What is the AT&T Stadium OR Dallas Cowboys Stadium?
This person is credited with inventing the first internal combustion automobile.
Who is Karl Benz?
This ITE member runs a pretty popular Instagram account that is followed by Citiesbydiana and Citynerd
Who is Zaref?
A "double-decker bus" is featured in this song by The Smiths
What is "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"?
This planned expressway, which was sued by grassroots organizations in 1970 leading to it's demise, would have ran from the UW Arboretum, past Capital Hill, and along MLK Way.
What is the Empire Expressway OR the R.H. Thompson Expressway?
The future of this new, highly discussed transportation idea in China is now uncertain after the company developing it was found to be embezzling funds.
What is the Straddle bus OR Transit Elevated Bus?
This railroad tycoon from the 19th century started off his career by taking control of the New York and Harlem Railroad, and was known for merging and monopolizing railroads from the East Coast to Chicago
Who was Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt?
In 2023, Jonah and Garett met for the first time at this conference.
What is the Student Leadership Summit in USC?
Johnny Cash expresses his love for trains in this melancholic song
What is "I've got a Thing About Trains"?